冰
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ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冫 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 冰
- Common rank
- #440
- Unicode
- U+51B0
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
ice · Heisig RSH #430
水 water + ice
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 冰
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰山美人 | ice queen (beautiful woman who appears to be emotionless and distant) | |
| 冰山一角 | tip of the iceberg | |
| 冰上运动 | ice-sports | |
| 冰叶日中花 | ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) | |
| 制冰机 | ice maker | |
| 冰河时代 | ice age | |
| 冰人 | (old) matchmaker | |
| 冰山 | iceberg; ice-covered mountain; (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long; CL:座[zuo4] | |
| 冰水 | iced water | |
| 水冰 | water ice (i.e. frozen H2O) | |
| 冰河时期 | ice age | |
| 冰心 | Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer | |
| 大冰期 | ice age | |
| 冰天雪地 | a world of ice and snow | |
| 冰花 | ice crystal; frost (on windows) | |
| 冰球场 | ice hockey rink | |
| 星冰乐 | Frappuccino | |
| 冰点 | freezing point | |
| 冰河期 | ice age | |
| 冷语冰人 | to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom) |